Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	742
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	713
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	29
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	285
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	35
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	16
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	18
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,331
Registered Dieticians (1990)	96

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	37,296
Total beds (1999)	826
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	72
Inpatient days (1999)	167,837
Outpatient visits (1999)	495,081
Emergency Department visits (1999)	111,057

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	8	160,309
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	75,912
Other HMOs (1998)	6	84,397

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	416,706	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	384,144	92.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	15,347	3.7
Blacks (1999)	2,970	0.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	5,195	1.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	9,050	2.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	16,486	4.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,270
Avg median household income (1997)	34,020
Persons in poverty (1997)	56,314
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20